Game apparatus.



M. CONDE.

. GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATIONIILED AUG-9.1913. RENEWED DEC. 18,1915.

1,192,167.. Patenfed Ju1y25, 1916.

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M. CON'DE.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-9, 1913. RENEWED DEC. 18,1915,

Patented Jul 25, 1916.

zh'z nessqs UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAX CONDE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO HERMANN KORIBER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GAME APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 25, 1916.

Application filed August 9, 1913, Serial No. 783,879. Renewed December 18, 1915. Serial No. 67,552.

To all w 7mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX Conan, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York city, borough of Manhattan, county and State of New York, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a game apparatus, the object being to provide a game in connection with which I utilize disks of glass or other materials upon which are designated pictures representing birds, horses and jockeys, or other indications.

My improved game is rendered interesting by the fact of the uncertainty of the position of the disks relative to a certain point upon the table of the game after the said table has been rotated. Each disk, besides being provided with a picture, is preferably numbered, and I may use dice, to select which disk or disks shall be utilized to play the game. To throw the dice I provide the casing of the game with a special dice-box, the dice-box being preferably detachably secured to the case and may or may not be used.

My improved game apparatus will be made preferably about the size of a watch, so that it can be carried in a vest pocket, although it may bemade as large as desirable.

My invention comprises the special features of improvement and combination and arrangement of parts which I will now proceed to describe in detail, the novel features of which I will point out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein:

Figure 1 is .a top plan view of my improved game-apparatus; Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereof, the section being taken on a line 22 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side View, looking from the left in Fig. 1; Fig. A is a sectional plan view, the section being taken on a line 4'i in Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view, the section being taken on a line 5-5 in Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a fragmentary side view, looking from the right in Fig. A; Fig. 7 is a fragmentary vertical sectional View, the section being taken on a line 77 in Fig. 1; Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional plan View of the dice-box; and Fig. 9 is an enlarged plan view of one of the disks.

Referr ng to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, my improved game-apparatus consists of a casing 1, similar to a watch casing,

within which is rotatably mounted a table or compartment 2 and within which is also rotatably mounted a ring 3 provided with an opening 4-. Between the ring 3 and casmg 1 a channel 5 is provided, a portion of said channel being closed as at 6 and 7 (Fig. 1), the remaining portion being left open to form receptacles 8 for the disks 9.

throwing the dice 22, (Fig. 8). Supposing disks carrying the numbers and 16 are to be put in play, to place the disks 15 and 16 on the table, the ring 3 would be rotated to cause. the opening 4 therein to aline with the disks selected.

As can be seen in Fig. 2, the bottom edge of the ring 3 is provided with teeth 22 which (Fig. 5) ,carrying a knurled wheel 25, (Fig. 1). The ring 8 rests upon the top of the table 2, as can be seen in Fig. 2, and may be rotated when the gear 23 isv rotated. By rotating the gear 23 the opening 4: in the ring 3 can be caused to aline with the disks one at a time as the said ring is free to rotate a complete revolution or more. When the opening fl: is caused to aline with any one of the disks (15 for instance) the rotary lever 26 will be moved to cause the pin 27. carried thereby to aline with the said disk 15. After the pin has been alined with the disk its pin 27 will be forced inwardly, against the tension of its spring 28, until the disk is forced through the opening 4; at which time it will fall upon thetable'2. The ring 3 will now be rotated until the opening 4 alines with the disk 16, at which. time the rotary lever 29 will be moved to cause its pin 30 to aline With the disk 16, at which mesh with a gear 23 carried by a spindle 24 through the channel by a piston 50 which is time the pin will be forced inwardlyagainst the tension of the spring 31, which action will force the disk 16 through the opening 4 onto the table 2. V

7 As can be seen in Fig. 3, the casing 1 is slotted at 31 at both sides, one slot only being shown, through which the pins 27 and 30 can pass, to force the disks through the opening 4. After the disks have been forced through the opening 4 they will fall upon the table 2. After the disks have fallen upon the table, the whole mechanism will be turned to a vertical position which will cause the disks to fallinto a position (shown by dotted lines Fig. 1) adjacent the arrow ,32, which may be called the 'startingfposition. Arrow 33' may be the startingposi tion, if desired. Whichever arrow s selected for the starting position, the other maybe the finish, or the same arrow may be both start and finish. been positioned, the device can be moved to a horizontal position, at which time the table is caused to rapidly rotate. As can beseen in Fig. 2 the table is supported on a spindle 34 carrying a pinion 35, the rotary lever 26 being loosely mounted on said spindle between the table 2 and pinion 35. The rotary lever 29 is loosely mounted on the spindle 34 under the pinion 35. To rotate the table, I employ a rack 36 carried by e an arm 37 provided with a slot 38 through which a pin 39 passes. The arm 37 is also provided with another slot 40 through which a pin 41 on a lever 42 passes. 42 is pivoted on the pin 39. A spring 43 connects the lever 42 and arm 37, and tends tokeep the teeth of the rack and gear in mesh. A spring 44 is utilized to impart to the table a rapid rotary movement. After the disks have been positioned as above mentioned, the lever 42'will be pulled down in the direction of the arrow. 45 and held locked by a latch 46 (see also Fig. 6). This action will place the spring 44 under te'n sion. While the lever is being pulled down, the table will not rotate, as the teeth'of the rack will jump the teeth of the gear, the spring 43 yielding. To play the game, the latch 46 will be lifted, allowing the spring 44 to pull the lever up, which action will spin the table and cause the disks thereon to travel in a circle. When the lever 42 comes to rest against the end wall of the slot48, the table will suddenlystop, but the disks will continue to move. The disks will finally come to rest, one nearer the finish than the others, or all the same distance therefrom. The game is to guess which disk will finish nearest the finish post." As many disks may be used as desirable.

The dice box, which I employ,-consists of a curved channel49 (Fig. 8), containingthe dice 22, the dice being impelled After the disks have 1 The lever driven forward, after being pulled back, by a spring 51. The dice will fall upon the table portion 52 of the dice-box casing 53. A door 54 is provided through which the dice can be moved into the channel 49. A handle 55 is provided to open and close the door 54. 7

After the game is played, the cover 56 is removed and the disks replaced in the receptacles 5. V 1

Having now described my invention in detail, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is; V

1. A game apparatus consisting of a casing, a rotary table therein, means to rotate the same, a receptacle adjacent the table, indicating elements normally" located in said receptacle, means to force said elements, one

at a time out of the receptacle onto said table, and means to rotate the table. 2. A game apparatus consisting of a cascasing, one of said compartments comprising a rotary table, the other of said com partments comprising receptacles, indicating elements normally located in said receptacles, a rotatable ring adjacent said receptacles provided with an opening adapted to place the said receptacles in communication with the table, means to rotate said ring to cause the opening therein to aline with any one of the indicating elements, means to force any one of said elements through the alined opening and onto said table, and means to rotate said table. 3. A game apparatus consistingof a casing, a plurality of compartments within the casing, one of said compartments comprising a rotary table, the other of said compartments comprising receptacles, indicating elements normally located in said receptacles, arotat'ing ring adjacent said receptacles provided with an opening adaptedto place the said receptacles in communication with the table, teeth carried by said ring, a gear meshing with said teeth, means to rotate said gear, thereby rotating said ring to cause the opening therein to aline with any one of the indicating elements, means to force any one of said-elements through the alined opening and onto said table, and

meansto rotate said table. 0 4. A game apparatus consisting of a casmg provlded wlth'a receptacle, indicating elements normally located in said receptacle, 7

a compartment adjacent said receptacle,

' means to force any one of said indicating relative to a starting point adjacent the said compartment. 7

V5. A game apparatus consistlng of a casing, a plurality of compartments within the casing, one of said compartments comprising, a plurality of compartments within the V ing a rotary table, the other of said compartments comprising receptacles, indicating elements normally locatedin said receptacles, a rotatable ring adjacent said receptacles provided with an opening adapted to place the said receptacles in communication with the table, teeth carried by said ring, a gear meshing with said teeth, means to rotate said gear, thereby rotating said ring to cause the opening therein to aline with any one of the indicating elements, means to force any one of said elements through the alined opening and onto said table, a gear carried by saidtable, a pivoted rack meshing therewith, and means to actuate said rack to cause said table to rotate.

6. A game apparatus consisting of a casing, a rotary table therein, means to rotate the same, a receptacle adjacent the table, indicating elements normally located in said receptacle, means to force said elements, one at a time out of the receptacle onto said table, means to rotate the table, and a dicebOX carried by said casing.

7. A game apparatus, consisting of a casing, a table pivotally mounted in said casing, disk-receiving receptacles in said casing, a plurality of disks in said receptacles, a ring provided with an opening adjacent said receptacles, teeth on said ring, a gear meshing with said teeth, means to rotate said gear, arms pivoted to said casing and provided with movable spring-resisted pins adapted to eject said disks through the opening in said ring and onto said table, and means to spin the table.

8. A game apparatus, consisting of a casing, a table pivotally mounted in said casing, disk-receiving receptacles in said casing, a plurality of disks in said receptacles, a ring provided with an opening adjacent said receptacles, teeth 011 said ring, a gear meshing with said teeth, means to rotate said gear, arms pivoted to said casing and provided with movable spring-resisted pins adapted to eject said disks through the opening in said ring and onto said table, a gear carried by saidtable, a pivoted rack meshing with said gear, and a. spring to actuate said rack to cause the table to spin.

9. A game apparatus consisting of a casing provided with a receptacle, indicating elements normally located in said receptacle, a compartment adjacent said receptacle, said receptacle having an opening for the passage of the indicating elements therefrom into the compartment adjacent thereto, and means to cause said elements to change their position relative to a starting point adjacent the said compartment.

Signed at New York city, N. Y., this 7th day of August, 1913.

MAX CONDE.

Witnesses EDWARD A. JARVIS, RUTH MnYnns.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner 01' Patents.

Washington, D. G. 

